34 Hartford Business Journal • March 26, 2018 • www.HartfordBusiness.com
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JDRF to honor Travelers'
Bessette with
'Star of Hope' award
Andy Bessette, executive vice
president and chief administrative
officer of The Travelers Cos. and
his wife Cherrie are being honored
by the Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation with the Star of Hope
award at the 2018 Promise Ball in
May. The Bessettes were chosen
for their continued commitment
to JDRF's mission, which funds
diabetes research.
West Hartford Exchange Club
hosts gubernatorial candidates
The West Hartford Exchange Club recently hosted Oz
Griebel and Monte Frank, independent candidates
for governor/lieutenant governor. Griebel and Frank
outlined their economic development to exchange-club
members. Pictured (from left) are: Griebel, Frank, and
Ryan Olesnevich, Exchange Club president.
Simsbury Chamber of Commerce
hosts 10th annual business
leaders breakfast
The Simsbury Chamber of Commerce hosted
its annual business leaders breakfast March 9 at
Dunkin' Donuts Park in Hartford, drawing a record-
breaking 260 registrants. Attendees heard from
Tim Restall, president of the Hartford Yard Goats,
and Randy Edsall, UConn's head football coach,
about team-building and success. Pictured (left
to right) are: Edsall; Simsbury Chamber President
Louis N. George; Simsbury Chamber Executive
Director Lisa Gray; and Restall.
Join us for an elegant evening in support of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra's music
education and community engagement programs. In one of these programs, over 2,000
Hartford Public School students join the HSO for the annual Link Up concert to play their
recorders right along with the HSO musicians. With arts education being repeatedly cut and
removed from school budgets, our education programs are sometimes the only music the
students will experience. A sponsorship of the Bravo! Gala will help the HSO to continue this
essential work throughout 2018.
For more information about purchasing tickets or sponsoring the Bravo! Gala,
contact HSO Annual Fund and Special Events Manager Jillian Baker at (860) 760-7302
or jbaker@hartfordsymphony.org.
GOVERNOR WILLIAM A. O'NEILL STATE ARMORY
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
Saturday, April 28, 2018
Reception Sponsor
Performance Sponsor
Sonata Sponsors
J. Frank and Sharon Travis
Media Partner
Overture Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor
MASTERWORKS
Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Gala Celebration
Rhapsody Sponsors
Tickets Available Now!
Michael and
Shari Cantor
Brewster and
Judith Perkins
Intermezzo Sponsors
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